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Landscape with Man Looking over a Wall at Two Children
  • Landscape with Man Looking over a Wall at Two Children

    TitleLandscape with Man Looking over a Wall at Two Children
  • Technique/ MaterialPen and brown ink, brown wash on paper. Verso: See NMH 1207/1863
  • DimensionsDimensions: (h x b) 28,2 x 24,2 cm
    Frame: (h x b x dj) 60 x 47 x 3,5 cm
  • Artist/Maker Artist: Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi il Bolognese, Italian, born 1606, dead 1680
  • CategoryDrawings, Free-hand drawings
  • ClassificationDrawing
  • Inventory No.NMH 1206/1863
  • AcquisitionTransferred 1866 Kongl. Museum
  • Description
    Artist/Maker
    Images and media

    A church and a little fortified tower can be seen behind the low wall. Buildings of this type frequently appear in Grimaldi’s drawings. The composition featuring the wall and the tree is based on an idea developed by Annibale Carracci.